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Children master bike riding in a few days. Let’s not overcomplicate things.
by tiahura 4y ago
Children master bike riding in a few days. Let’s not overcomplicate things.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoLearning to ride a bike and learning to ride one on public roads with traffic are two different skills.
- wl 4y agoThere's a huge difference between being able to handle a bike at 5 mph, 15 mph, and 28 mph.
- fluoridation 4y agoOh, they master it, do they? So, you'd let a child who's been riding a bike for a week or so ride with heavy traffic, right? They've mastered it, so there's nothing else for them to learn.
- burnished 4y ago20 year old me who just ate pavement because they didn’t know how to safely navigate street car rails would disagree.
- toast0 4y agoThat was 40 year old me a couple years ago. Street car rails are terrible, bad for bikes and pedestrians, a lot of expense, and doesn't provide much more than a bus.
- eythian 4y agoYou should have watched this video: https://youtu.be/sEON08d76oE?t=112 https://youtu.be/sEON08d76oE?t=112 it nicely explains the importance of things like tram rails, and keeping a potato in your pants.
- 1letterunixname 4y agoDumbest comment I've read in a while here. Most Americans can't seem to "master" bike riding and so they all need to wear helmets. The Dutch don't and aren't the world capital of TBIs.
- defrost 4y agoDumbest comment I've read in a while here. (high five, it works both ways). The Dutch have a bicycle culture and bicycle friendly streets where cars are outnumbered and don't despise cyclists in the manner of Sydney, Australia or Mean City, USA. The Dutch also live in a flat country and don't extreme cycle down the side of Big Sur, etc either.